Automotive Specialist for Walmart in Litchfield, IL
Former Member of Gillespie F.F.A.
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Son of Ronald D. and Tammie L. (Whitlow) Semplowski of Gillespie, IL
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A Gillespie man drowned in Lake Lou Yaeger in Litchfield Tuesday afternoon when the small boat he and three others were in capsized nose-first into the lake during windy conditions in a pending storm.
Travis Semplowski, 21, of Gillespie, was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.
Two of the other occupants were able to swim to shore, and one, wearing a lifejacket, remained in the water with the victim trying to keep him afloat.
Semplowski was pulled from the water unconscious by citizens on a privately owned pontoon boat, according to the Litchfield Police Department. Citizens on the boat began CPR efforts until Litchfield Fire Department personnel arrived in a rescue boat and assumed resuscitation efforts.
The victim was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield but never regained consciousness.
(Information via http://tinyurl.com/semplowski)
Former Member of Gillespie F.F.A.
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Son of Ronald D. and Tammie L. (Whitlow) Semplowski of Gillespie, IL
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A Gillespie man drowned in Lake Lou Yaeger in Litchfield Tuesday afternoon when the small boat he and three others were in capsized nose-first into the lake during windy conditions in a pending storm.
Travis Semplowski, 21, of Gillespie, was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.
Two of the other occupants were able to swim to shore, and one, wearing a lifejacket, remained in the water with the victim trying to keep him afloat.
Semplowski was pulled from the water unconscious by citizens on a privately owned pontoon boat, according to the Litchfield Police Department. Citizens on the boat began CPR efforts until Litchfield Fire Department personnel arrived in a rescue boat and assumed resuscitation efforts.
The victim was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield but never regained consciousness.
(Information via http://tinyurl.com/semplowski)
Automotive Specialist for Walmart in Litchfield, IL
Former Member of Gillespie F.F.A.
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Son of Ronald D. and Tammie L. (Whitlow) Semplowski of Gillespie, IL
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A Gillespie man drowned in Lake Lou Yaeger in Litchfield Tuesday afternoon when the small boat he and three others were in capsized nose-first into the lake during windy conditions in a pending storm.
Travis Semplowski, 21, of Gillespie, was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.
Two of the other occupants were able to swim to shore, and one, wearing a lifejacket, remained in the water with the victim trying to keep him afloat.
Semplowski was pulled from the water unconscious by citizens on a privately owned pontoon boat, according to the Litchfield Police Department. Citizens on the boat began CPR efforts until Litchfield Fire Department personnel arrived in a rescue boat and assumed resuscitation efforts.
The victim was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield but never regained consciousness.
(Information via http://tinyurl.com/semplowski)
Former Member of Gillespie F.F.A.
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Son of Ronald D. and Tammie L. (Whitlow) Semplowski of Gillespie, IL
-----
A Gillespie man drowned in Lake Lou Yaeger in Litchfield Tuesday afternoon when the small boat he and three others were in capsized nose-first into the lake during windy conditions in a pending storm.
Travis Semplowski, 21, of Gillespie, was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.
Two of the other occupants were able to swim to shore, and one, wearing a lifejacket, remained in the water with the victim trying to keep him afloat.
Semplowski was pulled from the water unconscious by citizens on a privately owned pontoon boat, according to the Litchfield Police Department. Citizens on the boat began CPR efforts until Litchfield Fire Department personnel arrived in a rescue boat and assumed resuscitation efforts.
The victim was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield but never regained consciousness.
(Information via http://tinyurl.com/semplowski)
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